What happens to tenants when a Mountain View building converts to condos?

Mountain View's code: Written notice of intent to convert at least 60 days before a tentative or preliminary parcel map is filed. (Existing tenants.) (§ 28.12.15); Written notice, 10 days before submittal, that a public report application will be or has been submitted. (Existing tenants.) (§ 28.12.15).

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Notice to tenants	Written notice of intent to convert at least 60 days before a tentative or preliminary parcel map is filed. Applies: Existing tenants. § 28.12.15 · code text Written notice of intention to convert, provided at least sixty (60) days prior to the filing of a tentative map or preliminary parcel map. Written notice, 10 days before submittal, that a public report application will be or has been submitted. Applies: Existing tenants. § 28.12.15 · code text Written notice ten (10) days before submittal that an application for a public report will be, or has been, submitted to the department of real estate, that the period for each tenant's right to purchase begins with the issuance of the final public report and that the report will be available on request. Written notice within 5 days after the subdivider receives the public report. Applies: Existing tenants. § 28.12.15 · code text Written notice that the subdivider has received the public report from the department of real estate. This notice shall be provided within five (5) days after the date the subdivider receives the public report. Within 10 days after a parcel map or final map for the conversion is approved. Applies: Existing tenants. § 28.12.15 · code text Written notice within ten (10) days after approval of a parcel map or final map for the proposed conversion. 180 days before the tenancy ends due to the conversion. Applies: Notice of intent to convert, given only after the city approves a preliminary parcel map or tentative map. § 28.12.15 · code text Written notice of intent to convert provided one hundred eighty (180) days prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion but not before the city has approved a preliminary parcel map or a tentative map for the conversion. Within 5 days after the subdivision public report is received. Applies: Notice of the tenant's exclusive right to contract to buy their unit. § 28.12.15 · code text The notice shall be given within five (5) days after receipt of the subdivision public report. Starting at least 60 days before a tentative or preliminary parcel map is filed, before rent or deposit is accepted. Applies: Notice of the filing to people who apply to rent a unit after that date. § 28.12.15 · code text Commencing at a date not less than sixty (60) days prior to the filing of a tentative map or preliminary parcel map, the subdivider or their agent shall give notice of the filing to each person applying after that date for rental of a unit of the subject property immediately prior to the acceptance of any rent or deposit from the prospective tenant by the subdivider in accordance with Section 66452.17 of the Subdivision Map Act.
Tenants' right to buy	At least 90 days. Applies: The tenant's exclusive right to contract to buy their unit, starting when the subdivision public report is issued. § 28.12.15 · code text This exclusive right to purchase shall commence on the date the subdivision public report is issued, as provided in Section 11018.2 of the Business and Professions Code, and shall run for a period of not less than ninety (90) days, unless the tenant gives prior written notice of their intention not to exercise the right.

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